Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted
Chapter: Cocoa and cocoa preparations. MFN tariff rates, zero-rate jurisdictions, FTA preferences, and import permit/compliance requirements across 13 customs authorities for HS Heading 1803.
China export rebate for a subheading under this heading (GACC data). Verify per-code on detail page; rates may vary by subheading.
Cross-jurisdiction matrix
Tariff = primary MFN/BCD column; compliance = LARTAS, FDA permits, BIS, TISI, prohibition lists etc.
| ISO | Country | Codes | MFN range | Zero | FTA | Permits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | United States | 2 | 0.2% – 0.2% | 1 | Yes | None | Browse → |
| IN | India | 2 | 30% – 30% | — | — | 2 | Browse → |
| ID | Indonesia | 2 | 10% – 10% | — | Yes | 2 | Browse → |
| MY | Malaysia | 2 | 10% – 10% | — | Yes | None | Browse → |
| PH | Philippines | 2 | — | — | — | None | Browse → |
| TH | Thailand | 2 | 30% – 30% | — | Yes | 2 | Browse → |
| VN | Vietnam | 2 | 15% – 15% | — | Yes | None | Browse → |
| JP | Japan | 2 | 10% – 20% | — | Yes | None | Browse → |
| KR | Korea | 2 | 5% – 5% | — | Yes | None | Browse → |
| AU | Australia | 2 | — | 2 | Yes | None | Browse → |
| GB | United Kingdom | 2 | 8% – 8% | — | — | None | Browse → |
| BR | Brazil | 2 | 10.8% – 10.8% | — | — | None | Browse → |
| MX | Mexico | 2 | — | — | — | None | Browse → |
| CN | China | 2 | 10% – 10% | — | Yes | 2 | Browse → |
Drill down to 6-digit subheadings
2 WCO subheadings under this heading. Click any to see 6-digit cross-country tariff detail.
HS Legal Notes · Chapter 18
Chapter and Section Notes are the legal basis of HS classification (GIR Rule 1), overriding intuitive readings of heading texts.
Chapter 18 Notes
1. This Chapter does not cover:
- (a) Food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);
- (b) Preparations of heading 0403, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 2105, 2202, 2208, 3003 or 3004.
2. Heading 1806 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to Note 1 to this chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.
### Additional chapter notes
1. When imported in the form of an assortment, goods of subheadings 1806 20, 1806 31, 1806 32 and 1806 90 are subject to an agricultural component (AC) fixed according to the average content in milkfats, milk proteins, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose and starch of the assortment as a whole.
2. Codes 1806 90 11 and 1806 90 19 do not cover chocolates made entirely of one type of chocolate.
Section IV Notes · Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; Products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; Other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body
In this section the term 'pellets' means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3% by weight.
Source: HS legal notes as enacted (via UK Trade Tariff official publication)